The goal of this LHIN-funded program is to create an integrated system of hospice palliative care to ensure the best end-of-life services for Champlain residents. For more information, please visit the program's website.

This integrated program became operational in 2010 to improve perinatal care through patient-focused planning of quality maternal and newborn services in the Champlain LHIN. For more information, please visit the program's website.

For more information on the LHIN’s regional approach, contact James Fahey, Director, Health System Planning (james.fahey@lhins.on.ca, 613.747.3215, or toll-free 1.866.902.5446 x 3215).

The goal of the Champlain Regional Orthopedic Network (Network) is to improve orthopedic patient health by delivering high-quality, accessible, financially sustainable care. The Network is a formal partnership among the organizations throughout the region that provide orthopedic (and related) care. It is also responsible for ensuring that care and service is regionally distributed, coordinated and standardized so that all patients experience equal access and the same level of care, regardless of where they live.

An example of a regional approach to orthopedic care is the Hip and Knee Replacement Program:

All referrals for potential hip or knee replacement patients are sent to the program's Regional Central Intake Centre.

The referring physician and patient may choose services from a specific hospital, a specific surgeon, or from the next available hospital / surgeon.

Referrals are then directed to one of three assessment centres, depending on patient choice: Cornwall Community Hospital, Hôpital Montfort, or Queensway Carleton Hospital (with a satellite office at Pembroke Regional Hospital).

We also worked to establish a regional trauma program, where hospitals work together to accelerate transfers between hospitals for patients with orthopedic injuries.

Client Testimony

“My knee bothered me, so I went to a sports clinic and within two weeks I had an appointment with an assessment centre,” explains Heather Clouthier (pictured left), who works at a public school in the Ottawa area.

“After discussing options, I was told I was a surgical candidate. It has been very fast and efficient. I feel very privileged to be treated so well.”

People who need and benefit from sub-acute services include stroke survivors, those with acquired brain injuries, amputees, and older people who are in a weakened state following illness or injury. Sub-acute services include all rehabilitation, complex continuing care, convalescent and transitional-care beds, and all publicly-funded community restorative-care services.

In this region, there are approximately 875 sub-acute hospital beds for patients who have completed acute-care treatment, and are then transferred to rehabilitation or other forms of inpatient and outpatient care.

To accommodate the needs of an aging population in our region, the Champlain LHIN developed a long-term plan to maximize the use of sub-acute services, both in hospital and in the community. The plan was developed in collaboration with the Sub-Acute Capacity Steering Committee, and wasapproved by the LHIN Board in May 2016.

The plan is being implemented over the next couple of years. With time, patients will see some changes - the biggest of which is better access to the right type of care in a timely way.

If you are a hospital or community provider of sub-acute services and are seeking more information, please contact Shaundra Ridha, Director of Implementation for the Champlain Sub-Acute Care Capacity Plan (subacuteplan.sridha@lhins.on.ca, 613.747.3254, or toll-free 1.866.902.5446 x 3254).

To ensure quality health services are provided to people as close to home as possible, the LHIN continues to support the Telemedicine Program.

Made possible through a partnership with the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN), patients and clients can “visit” a physician specialist or other health professional through two-way video-conferencing. To learn more, please check out our telemedicine video: